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Ex-officials: AI policy must keep Americans' data from China

Former officials Juan Caro and Peter Brown say U.S. AI policy should protect Americans' sensitive personal data from foreign adversaries while still encouraging innovation; the chatbot logs remain unavailable.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTwo former officials, Juan Caro and Peter Brown, are arguing in The Hill that AI should work for Americans, and that our sensitive personal data should stay out of the hands of foreign adversaries like China.

  2. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSensitive personal data. I typed a question into a chatbot last Tuesday at three a.m. about whether a cold front can hold a grudge, and I'd like that buried in a salt mine.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBrock, that's a national treasure. A man asking a robot about grudges is the American spirit.

  4. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIt's a confession! If some foreign analyst reads my follow-up questions about the drizzle, I'm done.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFollow-up questions?

  6. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistForty-one of them. I said thank you to it every time.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorRelax, pal. Nobody overseas could sit through all of that, so your secrets are safe. Hashtag cloudgrudge.

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